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bargepole

/ ˈɑːˌəʊ /

noun

  1. a long pole used to propel a barge
  2. not touch with a bargepole informal.
    to refuse to have anything to do with
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"You, and your minions, wouldn't recognize civilization even if it hit you with a bargepole."

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"To not know that if anything went belly up that I would not have any recompense, I definitely wouldn't have touched it with a bargepole, because I'm a low risk person," she says.

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No reputable games company would touch the stolen information with a bargepole but we may see knock-off games or unofficial versions pop up - if the hackers are true to their threats.

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Week 30 in La Liga started with Gerard Piqué standing before a microphone wrapped in clingfilm and attached to a bargepole and virtually giving up on the title; it ended with Zinedine Zidane standing before another one after his team had underlined why.

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The song’s opening line — “I’m gonna tell you how it’s gonna be” — was Mr. O’Rahilly’s first shot across the bows of the BBC bosses who at the time wouldn’t touch the longhair Dylan or the Stones with a bargepole.

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